wedding venue (need help)

wayne riley · 14-04-2008 06:36PM #1

hi all, my partner and i had our wedding booked in a hotel in bettystown, we booked it las yr and picked it for its lovely veiws and its right on the beech (our dream wedding). but on friday morn we awoke 2 a letter saying the hotel has closed and we were 2 find a new venue:mad::mad::mad::mad:

as u can imagine we were very upset as we`ve only 7 wks till wedding from saturday, my partner hasnt stoped crying.

basicaly all wkend we`ve been ringing hotel after hotel but no joy:(:(:(:(

i live in swords and jus wondering if ders any1 out der who mite be able 2 help us with possible venues or ideas.

our wedding is the 7th june 2008.

wayne.

DJ_Spider · 15-04-2008 12:06AM

Hi Wayne, I am so sorry to hear about your wedding being cancelled. I hope the hotel is going to compensate you? If not might be worth consulting a solicitor. I know it might not be the same but the deerpark hotel is nice, my g/f's brother was going to get married there this year. Might be worth a try.

I hope everything works out in the end.

All the best

DJ Spider

tinkerbell · 15-04-2008 04:58PM

I organise conference things in work quite a lot so I'd be in touch with a lot of hotels regularly in the Dublin / Wicklow / Meath / Kildare area.

Also you may be entitled to some sort of compensation but sure money is not gonna fix the not having a hotel for your big day. Try these places:

Carton House, Maynooth - absolutely fab hotel, lovely grounds for pics and it's only a 15 min drive from the m50 (go via the M4).

Barberstown Castle, Straffan - lovely hotel again, lovely grounds, food is fab, tiz near Maynooth as well

Dunboyne Castle in Meath - never been but might be an option for you

Brook Lodge hotel in Wicklow - organic food, apparantly it's fab and grounds are lovely, my friend got married there

Ritz in Wicklow - well it is the Ritz! Tiz the place where Gordan Ramsey has his restaurant.

Osprey in Naas - lovely hotel, only 20 mins from m50, food is fab too

Kilashee House in Naas - meant to be lovely too and grounds are fab, haven't been but a friend has

K Club in Kildare - haven't been but tiz a 5 star

The Heritage in Portlaoise - 5 star again, haven't been though

Fitzpatricks Castle in Killiney, South Dublin - lovely hotel too and got fabulous views

Can't think of anymore right now, if I do I will post again. If it was me I'd pick Carton House though, I absolutely love that hotel, it's fab! Good luck with it all, hope you get things sorted.

EDIT: There's also Clontarf Castle

foxy06 · 15-04-2008 05:54PM

You really should try and get some compensation for this....you would be entitled. I feel for you and your fiance. I'm getting married around the same time and I would be devastated if this happened to me.

wayne riley · 15-04-2008 07:41PM

ill give dem hotels a try, rang most of dem but wil try da rest.

we hav a solicitor on the case, cant beleive ppl cud be so cruel, da hotel never even bothered 2 try get us a replacement hotel:mad::mad::mad::mad:

im absolutly devestated, dream day gone up in smoke.
we`ve been on joe duffy on fri, irish indo on sat, fingal indo day and drogheda indo 2moro and still no1 can help.

we have 2 go wit 7th june as band, dj, wedding singer, irish dancers, cars, buses and honeymoon are all booked and cant be changed:(:(:(

thanx all 4 replys,
wayne

foxy06 · 16-04-2008 07:09AM

How many people are you having for the reception? What size room do you need and how far from home will you travel for the reception?

Das Kitty · 16-04-2008 08:16AM

I'm so sorry. That's frigging terrible.

Have you considered a Marquee and Caterers, you can try to get the money out of the venue afterwards.

Do you have wedding insurance?

wayne riley · 16-04-2008 06:39PM

foxy, its 4 bout 150 all day and prob 50 more later, any where within 1hr 30mins from swords.

kitty, dont have wedding insur, never even new such thing exsisted:o:o:o
i had a look at marques but way out of my leauge and wat if i got a loan and didnt get a penny of the neptune hotel???

fruitandnut · 21-04-2008 09:41AM

hi, any joy on this? really feel for you, its an awful thing to happen! just wondering if you got sorted yet?

Sizzler · 21-04-2008 10:40AM

tinkerbell wrote: »

I organise conference things in work quite a lot so I'd be in touch with a lot of hotels regularly in the Dublin / Wicklow / Meath / Kildare area.

Also you may be entitled to some sort of compensation but sure money is not gonna fix the not having a hotel for your big day. Try these places:

Carton House, Maynooth - absolutely fab hotel, lovely grounds for pics and it's only a 15 min drive from the m50 (go via the M4).

Barberstown Castle, Straffan - lovely hotel again, lovely grounds, food is fab, tiz near Maynooth as well

Dunboyne Castle in Meath - never been but might be an option for you

Brook Lodge hotel in Wicklow - organic food, apparantly it's fab and grounds are lovely, my friend got married there

Ritz in Wicklow - well it is the Ritz! Tiz the place where Gordan Ramsey has his restaurant.

Osprey in Naas - lovely hotel, only 20 mins from m50, food is fab too

Kilashee House in Naas - meant to be lovely too and grounds are fab, haven't been but a friend has

K Club in Kildare - haven't been but tiz a 5 star

The Heritage in Portlaoise - 5 star again, haven't been though

Fitzpatricks Castle in Killiney, South Dublin - lovely hotel too and got fabulous views

Can't think of anymore right now, if I do I will post again. If it was me I'd pick Carton House though, I absolutely love that hotel, it's fab! Good luck with it all, hope you get things sorted.

EDIT: There's also Clontarf Castle

Hey I know you are trying to help but all these places are TOP dollar prices.
Carton House is like €120 a head !

OP, you might be better trying somewhere like the Carnegie Court in Swords or the Waterside in Donabate.

Clink · 21-04-2008 11:53AM

Carton is top dollar and is booked up two years in advance as well as they only allow one wedding per day! Have you had any luck yet OP? What a terrible awful situation to be in. Read that the Neptune owners are claiming that the place is structurally unsound, what rubbish!!

wayne riley · 21-04-2008 02:36PM

yea we got sorted but its jus not wat we wanted, but i suppose at 7wks away from wedding we cant be choosey,

i would jus like 2 say thanx 2 all who replyed.

as 4 the neptune (structualy unsound) jus a load of cobblers.

Clink · 21-04-2008 02:47PM

Glad to hear you got somewhere, it's all about the people not the place so I'm sure you'll have a fantastic day no matter where the venue is

Yeah the Neptune got turned down for planning permission recently that's why they're now claiming that it's structurally unsound. It's a wonder the place didn't mysteriously go on fire :rolleyes:

wayne riley · 21-04-2008 03:03PM

the decision 4 its next planning application is june 30th, wudnt be suprised if it gets knocked back again it will be open again in august. i beleive it closed the bar dat wkend after all publicity.
the hotel we are with now went down 2 the neptune and got our ph no, the staff told dem they had 2 close as der were holes in the bedroom floors:eek::eek:

its jus a joke, really cant believe the bull they are talkin. as u say im suprised they havnt tried 2 burn it down yet

wedding venue (need help)

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